Specialty Coffee Coffee Taster S Flavor Wheel

Based on the world coffee research sensory lexicon the flavor wheel helps coffee professionals and amateurs in describing tastes and aromas of coffee using a common vocabulary.

Specialty coffee coffee taster s flavor wheel. Daily coffee news covers coffee news from seed to cup including stories on coffee origin imports exports logistics supply chains sustainability retail baristas roasting and consumer trends. The wheel s design encourages the taster to start at the center and work outward. In 2016 this valuable resource was updated in collaboration with world coffee research wcr. If you re looking to master the art of coffee talk this new flavor wheel from the specialty coffee association of america scaa is for you.

Originally published in 1995 the coffee taster s flavor wheel one of the most iconic resources in the coffee industry has been the industry standard for over two decades. How to use it. Since its creation 18 years ago the specialty coffee association of america s coffee taster s flavor wheel has become a ubiquitous tool hanging in frames in cupping areas throughout the country. Coffee taster s flavor wheel interactive coffee taster s flavor wheel based on coffee taster s flavor wheel 2016 and world coffee research sensory lexicon first edt.

The coffee tasters flavor wheel a collaborative effort by the specialty coffee association of america and world coffee research is designed to be a tool for the coffee taster. A visually stunning chart depicting coffee s many. Now counter culture coffee has created its own version of the wheel one counter culture coffee buyer and quality manager timothy hill hopes will help move the industry forward in terms of. What is a coffee taster s flavor wheel.

Click here to get your poster today. A coffee flavor wheel is a tool first developed in the mid 1990s. One of the most refined studies in the modern sensory sciences aims to understand the flavor of coffee. Explained in 3 videos the taster s flavor wheel originally developed by the scaa in 1994 5 and recalibrated by counter culture in 2013 has proved itself as an invaluable resource for coffee roasters cuppers q graders and many other coffee professionals.

2016 from scaa and wcr. Specialty coffee taster s flavor wheel. The specialty coffee association of america in partnership with world coffee research recently launched the new coffee taster s flavor wheel a document containing a colorful circle that features a variety of flavors that can exist in black unflavored coffee. As a tool it is meant to be intuitive enjoyable to use and a benefit to those who seek to analyze and describe coffees.

The coffee taster s flavor wheel can be purchased in the scaa store. The latest wheel update created collaboratively with the specialty coffee association of america scaa and world coffee research is the broadest piece of research on coffee flavor ever completed.